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Zimbabwe deports Chinese 'mafia'
A Chinese man, Chen Mo Yun, 44, believed to be the mastermind behind the illegal cremation of a woman in Harare, has been deported to China. Chen was flown out of the country last Wednesday after bein...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 07:05hrs | 1964 | by Staff reporter
Gweru makes it expensive to die
Residents of Gweru are expressing their outrage over the Gweru City Council's (GCC) proposed 2025 budget, which includes significant increases in cemetery fees, some rising by more than 100 percent. T...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:47hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Pravin Gordhan's funeral a 'ceremony of cats'
After being vocal about his opinions on Gordhan following his death, EFF leader Julius Malema took to social media to further express his discontent over the funeral ceremony of former minister Pravin...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 10:32hrs | 2443 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba Ishmael denied bail
The leader of a religious sect in Zimbabwe was denied bail on Tuesday after being arrested last week for suspected child abuse when police found 251 minors working on his farm and 16 graves.Is...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Remains of 21 people exhumed in city
Remains of 21 people were exhumed from a housing development project site in Bulawayo's Killarney suburb before they were reburied at the city's Luveve cemetery.This was revealed in the latest...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fast growing Zimbabwe diaspora spurs demand for funeral plans
In December 2023, Mavis Clinic Manyonga travelled to the Republic of Ireland from Zimbabwe, looking forward to spending the Christmas holidays with her daughter, Valerie Munashe Makuwe, a nurse in tow...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 18:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rising sudden death cases among newly arrived diasporans - medical expert speaks
MICHAEL Mawema had barely been in the United Kingdom (UK) for two months when he died suddenly in December last year, explained a GoFundMe appeal launched to raise funds for repatriation of his body t...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council urges cremation or rural home burials
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) which is fast running out of burial space is calling on residents to either cremate or bury their loved ones at their rural homes.The call also comes amid revel...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo running out of burial space
IF you are in Bulawayo do you know where and how you want to be buried?Be warned that there is a looming problem in the country's second largest city over what to do with dead bodies, as it is...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall construction further delayed
BULAWAYO residents have to wait a little longer before they step foot at the long-awaited Egodini Mall after a South African civil engineering company that won a tender to construct the mall missed it...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council lines up major audits
THE Bulawayo City Council will embark on 20 major internal audits for the year meant to further improve their systems and operations, it has been learnt.Some of the systems that have been line...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 16:17hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
BCC decommissions Athlone cemetery
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has decommissioned Athlone cemetery after it ran out of burial space.Town clerk Christopher Dube confirmed the development in a notice to residents yesterday, addin...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is a coffin for the dead or for the mourners?
WE are all going to die. That is the sad fact and fate that awaits us all.But our journey to the other side differs. Some are turned into ashes in a crematorium. The majority are buried six fe...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:25hrs | 9 | by Trisa Ray Sibanda
40 000 bodies face exhumation
MORE than 40 000 bodies that are buried at Chikomo Chemhute Cemetery, which is part of the Glen Forest Memorial Park face being exhumed after allegations were raised that the burial grounds and cremat...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Apartheid leader De Klerk to be burnt
The funeral of South Africa's last white president, Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk, who died last Thursday aged 85, will take place on November 21 in a private ceremony, his foundation said in a statem...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo grave diggers overwhelmed
GRAVE diggers at Bulawayo cemeteries are overwhelmed and the council has proposed that mourners do the back-filling of the graves while it recruits more staff.According to the latest council m...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bodies from SA congest Bulawayo cemeteries
BODIES repatriated from South Africa are topping the list of burials at most Bulawayo cemeteries, with council expressing concern that residents were not adhering to the 30 stipulated numbers of peopl...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa back on level-4 lockdown
President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed South Africa back on a strict level-4 lockdown, with restrictions — including a ban on all alcohol sales - in place for the next 14 days.The restrictions...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Council takes over private cemetery
BULAWAYO City Council is set to take over the privately-owned Umvutcha Cemetery with an estimated 45 000-grave capacity to ease a shortage of burial space.The city has been battling burial spa...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Govt gazettes Harare's new burial, water charges
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo yesterday gazetted new fees for burial space in Harare while also announcing a massive hike in water charges and refuse collection fees for the capital.The ...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 remodelled Nyaradzo Funeral Services' business
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new way of approaching issues among Zimbabweans who witnessed a huge number of fellow citizens succumbing to the pandemic after the second wave that hit the coun...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Funerals without mourners the new normal
IT WAS one cold winter evening and the streets of Corby were deserted because of the snow. As John was sleeping, a sharp ring interrupted him. He jumped out of his bed and answered with his hands trem...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:39hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Moana burial set for today
SOCIALITE Michelle "Moana" Amuli, who died in horrific car accident on November 8, is set to be buried today after the High Court resolved a three-week-long impasse between her estranged parents over ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa can't lead Gukurahundi reburials, says Survivor
GUKURAHUNDI survivor Charles Thomas, Ibhetshu LikaZulu and Zapu have filed a High Court chamber application seeking to bar President Emmerson Mnangagwa from conducting the exhumations of victims of Ma...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament crafts law to investigate mysterious deaths
THE Coroner's Office Bill, which will provide for establishment of an office responsible for investigating all deaths due to unnatural causes, has gone through its second reading stage.Justice...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC faces questions over lavish spending
CASH-STRAPPED Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has set itself on a collision course with residents after it approved a plan to splash US$900 each per day on hotel accommodation for four council officials f...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cremation machine impounded by SA authorities
Tax authorities in South Africa have seized a crematorium machine from Japan headed for Bulawayo in a payment dispute, according to the city council. The machine is used in the disposal of a d...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Slain footballer's family moves to sue Zimbabwe govt
THE family of the late Chitungwiza footballer Kelvin Choto, who was allegedly shot by security forces during last month's protests against fuel price hikes, has given notice to sue government....Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No urgency in cremation row'
A HIGH Court judge has ruled that the application by a Bulawayo family seeking a court order blocking the cremation of the remains of their relative was not urgent. Mr Amos Nkomo died on Decem...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's biggest cemetery decommissioned again
BULAWAYO's biggest cemetery, West Park, has once again been decommissioned as it has run out of burial space with burials now taking place at Athlone and Luveve cemeteries. West Park Cemetery ...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Body stuck as cremation divides family
A Bulawayo man's body is stuck in mortuary due to family squabbles, with his surviving spouse and daughter demanding cremation while other members are opposed saying it is alien to their culture. ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cremations 'threaten' Zimbabwe's ancestral spirits
Cremation is provoking a huge debate in Zimbabwe, bringing cultural and religious beliefs to the fore, journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe writes from Harare."For you were made from dust,...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Brian Hungwe
Mnangagwa to lead in corruption fight
President Mnangagwa will lead the fight against corruption after he reserved to his office several laws meant to curb graft. The President also set out functions for Cabinet ministers in several Statu...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents to fork out more in rates
BULAWAYO residents will next year fork out more in rates and rentals as the city's 2019 budget has increased to $212,5 million from $152,5 million. The increase, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC salute Trudy Stevenson
BOTH the ruling Zanu PF and opposition MDC Alliance parties yesterday briefly set aside their differences and saluted the late Trudy Stevenson, who served as Zimbabwean ambassador to Senegal and The G...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trudy Stevenson to be cremated
THE family of Zimbabwe's former Ambassador to Senegal, Mrs Trudy Stevenson, yesterday announced she will be cremated next Friday. In an announcement on her Twitter handle, the family said: "Th...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare in graveyard space headache
The number of Harare residents that are burying their dear departed in cemeteries that are located on the outskirts of the city is increasing as pressure for graveyard space intensifies.With m...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
In memory of Mrs Elsie Zulu: Trinity Explained
Mrs Elsie Zulu was the incarnate of Holy Messenger Janet from the night of 1 February 1961. This only became apparent to some in Guta Ra Mwari congregation (Guta Ra Jehovah then) in the afternoon of F...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 11:52hrs | 7 | by Mpumelelo Ncube
Everybody cared when they were alive no one mourned when they died alone abroad
As more people live on their own, a growing number Zimbabweans are dying unnoticed and unloved with neither friends nor family in the UK. Maria Mangena left few possessions when she died. Poli...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 17:28hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Diaspora Funeral Cash Plan announced as a major sponsor for Zim Achievers
Zimbabwe Achievers International has announced that Funeral Service Provider, Diaspora Funeral Cash Plan (DFCP) have come on board as one of the events' major sponsors.Diaspora Funeral Cash Pl...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Tidi Kwidini
Bulawayo finally secures cremator
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has finally secured the release of a cremator that had for a long time been held in Durban, South Africa owing to contractual glitches.BCC chamber secretary Sik...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 12:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council in cremator dilemma
THE council is battling to bring into the country a cremator bought from South Africa for nearly $100 000 due to contractual challenges.Currently, the city has only one cremator situated at We...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo risks losing $100,000 in dodgy deals
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC), which recently lost $300 000 to some brief case companies, risks losing nearly $100 000 more after engaging in a dodgy deal with a South African company that is now fa...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe is fearful for the future: Sons revenge the good life
Many signs tell it all that Dr. Grace is in a panic mode. Her options to remain in Zimbabwe after the imminent death of her husband in Zimbabwe are very frightening to comprehend; she is rightfully sc...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 17:26hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
BCC approves 2 bodies per grave to tackle grave shortage of space
THE Bulawayo City Council has been approving requests for two bodies to be buried in one grave at a time the city is running out of burial space, raising speculation that city fathers may be consideri...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army to defend Zimbabwe at all costs
Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander Lieutenant-General Philip Valerio Sibanda has said the army will defend the country's sovereignty at all costs, noting that some citizens were taking for granted...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporetr
Retired army officer to be cremated
A military parade for Retired Lt-Col Eddie Sigoge Mlotshwa who died on Sunday last week at Mater Dei Hospital will be held tomorrow at Imbizo Barracks followed by the cremation of the body on Tuesday,...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
New cemetery opens in Bulawayo
A NEW private cemetery has opened for burials in Bulawayo's Northlyn and Trenance suburbs.The Acting Director of Health Services Dr Edwin Sibanda said the Government approved the establishment...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council close cemetary
Shortage of burial space at Mtapa cemetery has forced Gweru City Council to close it, Town Clerk, Elizabeth Gwatipedza has said.Only available space at the 12-hect...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo residents say no to cremation proposal
BULAWAYO residents have expressed concern over the proposal by the Bulawayo City Council to cremate deceased children aged 10 years and below describing it as taboo in the Zimbabwean culture....Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
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